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Near Extinction To Thriving: Efforts To Delist Wolves

By Bill Hudson, WCCO-TV AITKIN COUNTY, Minn. — Nothing symbolizes Minnesota’s vast wilderness more than a roaming pack of timber wolves. And thanks to the foresight of conservationists, wolves that...

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2 Accused Of Killing Wolves, Lying About It

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – An indictment from the U.S. Attorney’s Office claims two Minnesota men killed two endangered wolves and then lied to investigators about it. The two men — 54-year-old Vernon Lee...

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Federal Jury Convicts Man In Illegal Wolf Killing

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A Minnesota man has been convicted of violating the Endangered Species Act and lying to a federal official in connection with the 2010 killing of two gray wolves — a threatened...

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Good Question: How Effective Is The Endangered Species List?

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – The Department of Natural Resources (DNR) announced Monday that the bald eagle, gray wolf, snapping turtle and 26 other animals and plants would be off the state’s endangered...

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Change Proposed In Critical Habit For Lynx In US

(credit: UWE ZUCCHI/AFP/Getty Images) SEATTLE (AP) — The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is proposing a revision in the critical habitat designation for a species of lynx listed as threatened under the...

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Feds Act To Protect 2 Butterflies; Farmers Wary

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — The federal government has added two Upper Midwest butterfly species to its list of threatened and endangered species, pleasing conservationists but worrying farm groups who say it...

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Wolf Hunting Banned In Minnesota

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — A federal judge on Friday threw out an Obama administration decision to remove gray wolves in the western Great Lakes region from the endangered species list — a decision...

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Obama Extends Endangered Species Act Protections For Lions

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration is expected to extend Endangered Species Act protections for two breeds of lions, in response to a large decline in their numbers in Africa over the past two...

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Following Cecil Killing, US Moves To Protect Lions

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. will protect lions in Africa under the Endangered Species Act, the Obama administration announced Monday, a move that would make it harder for American big-game hunters to...

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Gray Wolves May Be In Crosshairs Again

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Gray wolves in Minnesota, Wisconsin and Michigan could again find themselves in hunters’ crosshairs — possibly as soon as this fall if federal protections are removed for the...

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Wildlife Groups Ask Court To Restore Protections For Gray Wolves

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Wildlife advocates on Thursday asked a federal court to overturn a U.S. government decision that stripped Endangered Species Act protections for wolves across most of the nation....

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